NEW JERSEY REGISTER
VOLUME 35, NUMBER 17TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2003
RULE PROPOSAL
LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
DIVISION OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
Notice Of Public Hearing
Public Movers And Warehousemen
Words And Phrases Defined; License To Engage In The Business Of Public
Moving And/Or Storage; Change Of Address, Business Name, Or Telephone
Number; Designation Of Agent; Advertising; Place Of Business; Trade
Name; Disconnection Of Unlicensed Mover's Telephone; Tariffs; Bill Of
Lading, Brochure, Estimated Cost Of Services Form, Order For Service
Form, Warehouse Receipt; Issuance; Legal Liability And Insurance;
Binding Estimates; Subcontracting; Occupational Misconduct; Labor And
Equipment; Warehousing; Collection Of Tariff Charges Where The Shipment
Has Been Destroyed; Liability For Damage To Consumer's Goods; Claims
Procedures; Forms

Take notice that the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs
will conduct a public hearing for the purpose of eliciting input from
the public on proposed amendments to N.J.A.C. 13:44D, the rules which
regulate public movers and warehousemen. While sufficient public
interest, as set forth in N.J.A.C. 13:1E-4.3, has not been evidenced
through the comments the Director has received on the proposal to date
(published in the New Jersey Register on May 5, 2003 at 35 N.J.R.
1764(a)), the Director believes that it would be in the interest of the
public moving and warehousing community to hear their concerns regarding
the proposed changes to N.J.A.C. 13:44D. The Director believes that a
public hearing would provide an opportunity to gather information from
movers and warehousemen and address any concerns they may have.

The hearing will be held on Friday, September 5, 2003 in the Hudson
Room, 124 Halsey St., 6th Floor, Newark, NJ 07101. The hearing will
begin at 10:30 A.M. The public hearing shall be conducted by a hearing
officer. A verbatim transcript of the hearing will be prepared by a
certified stenographic reporter. Interested parties may obtain a copy of
the transcript by ordering it directly from the reporter at the hearing
or thereafter. Requests to speak should be submitted in writing to Reni
Erdos, Director, Division of Consumer Affairs, 124 Halsey St., 7th
Floor, Newark, NJ 07101, no later than one week prior to the public
hearing. Specific presentation times will be assigned. Individual
presentations will be limited to five minutes. Those who do not
preregister to speak will be given an opportunity to speak only if time
permits. Individual speakers are requested to provide a copy of their
prepared remarks to the hearing officer on the day of the public
hearing.